Improvement in soles for rubber boots



G. H. BEACH. Soles for Rubber-Boots.

No. 219,672. Patented Sept. 16, 1879 wrrNEssEs INVENTOB MPEI'ERS,FNDTO-LITNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. n. c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. BEACH, OF ALTHOUSE, OREGON.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOLES FOR RUBBER BOOTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,672, datedSeptember 16, 1879; application filed July 17, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. BEACH, of Althouse, county of Josephineand State of Oregon, have invented an Improved Sole for Rubber Boots;and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescriptionthereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a leather sole for rubberboots; and my improvements consist in an improved method of attachingthe leather sole to the rubber boot, by which the sole is firmly securedin place withput injuring therubber boot or causing it to eak.

In mining regions of the Pacific slope, Where rubber boots are necessaryto the miners in pursuing their avocations, trouble is experienced fromthe soles wearing or cutting-rapidly out from being in constant contactwith sharp particles of rock.

The rubber soles when worn smooth are also quite slippery, and theminers have adopted a custom of tacking 011 pieces of leather to thesoles to prevent slipping and to preserve the boot. The method usuallyadopted is to fasten the leather'sole either with screws or tacksdirectly to the bottom of the boot. In both cases, when the leather soleis only about half worn out, the screws or tacks work loose and causethe boots to leak. The miners therefore have to go either with wet feetor procure new boot-s more frequently than is advisable on the score ofexpense.

- To obviate this difficulty I have devised a means of attaching theleather sole to the boot in a peculiar manner, so that it will be firmlyattached and not be liable to work loose or cause aleak in the boot; andthis I accomplish by fastening the leather sole to the boot withoutpiercing or injuring in any way the rubber sole of the boot.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of myboot. Fig. 2is a view of the sole.

Let A represent the foot of the rubber boot, and B its ordinary sole.

I form a leather main sole, 0, large enough to lap or turn up all aroundthe edge of the rubber sole B of the boot. To this main sole 0, I fastena tap-sole, 0, either with rivets a or screws, or tack the two together,the tap-sole being smaller and only covering the bottom of the boot, thesame an ordinary tap. I then fasten the main sole 0 to the edge of therubber sole B with small screws or tacks b, which are put inhorizontally to the rubber sole, thus attaching both soles to the boot.

By this method there is no strain or wear on the leather of the mainsole or the screws with which said main sole is fastened, so that thebottom of the rubber boot can never leak.

The bottom of the tap-sole C may be filled with short tacks c which willnot reach through into the rubber boot.

It will be seen that as the main leather sole is secured to the edge ofthe rubber sole, and the tap-sole to the said main leather sole, thereare no vertical screws or rivets in the rubber sole at all. The wear allcomes on the tap-sole, and even when it is worn down there are no screwsleading into the rubber to become loose. A firm and strong leather soleis thus provided for the rubber boot, which is so secured the tap-sole 0secured to it by means of the rivets a, substantially as and forthe-purpose herein described.

2. The method of attaching the leather outer soles to the bottom ofrubber boots, consisting in turning the edge of the leather sole upagainst the edge of the rubber sole, and securing it thereto by screwsinserted horizontally through the overlapping parts of the leather soleand into the rubber sole, all substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES H. BEACH.

Witnesses CHAS. HUGHES, ,HoRArrIo SEMrKrNs.

